INOSTRANKA
(2008), originally published in Italian as
Cave Canem
In a villa on Lake Avernus, the mystic door to hell, three male
members of Plautia family suddenly die according to the rhymes
of a mysterious prophecy. However, Aurelius is an Epicurean and
doesn't believe in miracles or prophecies. The inquiry is complicated
by the presence of many dangerous women:
Plautilla, an old senator's lover; Helene, a beautiful widow;
her young daughter Nevia; the aristocratic matrona Paolina,
etc...
Third in the series.